Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1453. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MAXIMUS. As Caesar, 236-238 AD. Æ Sestertius (21.46 gm, 12h). Struck 236-237 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Priestly implements: lituus, knife, patera, jug, simpulum, and sprinkler. RIC V 11 (Maximinus); BMCRE 204 (Maximinus); Cohen 7. Good VF, dark green patina, scratches in obverse field, soft strike on reverse. Rare. ($500)

Ex Franz Trau Collection (Gilhofer & Ranschburg-A. Hess, 22 May 1935), lot 2590.